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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
The New RaI.os Boxes.

An act was passed by the last Legisla-
ture requiring each township to purchase
on or before September 2oth, the patent
ballot boxes now in use in Ohio and re-
Gently adopted by the New York Legisla-
ture. The one shown at Trenton dnring The
session was an ingenious affair. The sides
were made Of heavy plate glass which per-
naitted a distinct view Of the inside but Of
course could be made OF wood if preferred.
The lid of it is opened by q combination
like those which are used on safes. The
folded ballot is pushed between two mixed
rollers with letters for eogs. With tile turn
of crank the slip of paper is passed
through into the body of the box where it
falls, printed from the type on the wheels
with the number of tbs ward and district
where the ballot box is used Every ballot
voted is registered on dial. Should
double ballot be voted there are two un .
failing methods Of discovering it after
ward. In the first place, there would be
more ballots in the box than the indicator
shows, and besides, the slip folded inside
would not have been printed as it passed
through the rollers. The Use of the box
would obyiatc the necessity of throwing out
double ballots al ali.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
lust over the County Lines.

B.. l.. Tyler, OF Swedesboro, will shortly
open branch store at Mulliea Hill.
Jas Horner, OF Swedesboro, has lost two
out OF six horses that have been attacked
with lung fever, and the life of the third
one is dispaired Of
The Assessors of Gloucester county have
decided to assess Woodbury. Bank stock at
500, par $50; Swedcsboro 500, par 500,
and Woodstown $40, par 500.
Last Saturday Sheriff Packer sold 80
acres of farm land belonging to the late
Nathan r. S'ratton in Harrison township,
to c. G. Garrinsor., Esq, fer So, $50.
The farmers along the line of the w. &
d. II. r. II. are complaining hard because
freight rates on manure have been raised.
They say their fertilizers are costing them
more than they can afford to pay.
The South Jersey Telephone Company
of Woodbury. has made several satisfactory
tests of their system of telephony, and the
work Of getting the wires and phones in
use will be rapidly pushed forward.
The spring meeting of the Gloucester
County Board Of Agriculture will be held
May 2lst at Swedesboro, in the afternoon.
1t is expected that arrangements Will be
made to secure Prof. J. II. Cook as speaker.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
Was il Suicide or Murder:

Thursday morning of last week Jacob
b. Smith living on Church Street, opposite
the Baptist Cemetery, heard dog yelping
in the yard of his residence at an early
hour in the morning. He paid no attention
TO it however until he had occasion to go
out to the yard when to his surprise he
found hanging to the pickets of the gate
leading into his lane the dead body of dog.
The point of picket was thrust between
his neck and chain which he wore and
his hind feet barely touched the ground.
He was dead as the proyerbiai mackeral.
Mr.. Smith called upon his neighbor Go
forth to view the sight and they jointly
arrived at the conclusion that the animal
while scouting around had jumped over
into Smiths yard and in jumping out again
had slipped and, falling back, had caught
his chain on the fence with the lamentable
consequence above stated. Investigation
showed that the ''purp' was one belonging
to Chas. B. Clark. He had gone ont on
a tour of investigation on his own account
and met nth tragic and untimely end
W hich should serve rs a warning to all the
canine race hereaboutS to stay at home.
But we reckon that like human kind they
will pay little heed to the warning. each
prefering to purchase his own experience
at whatever costs or risk.
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The New Dairy.

We took occasion on Wednesday morn
ing to visit Benjamin Borton at his house
on Marlton street to inspect his new dairy
enterprise. We found things in good
shape for business. GIr. Borton has start
ed in small way, but we have no doubt
he will, before long, be compelled TO en-
large the capacity of his layout. He has
q Reds creamery Of seyenty-two quarts
capacity, and q Whipple rectangular churn
and the other implements and utensils he
uses are of good quality and adapted to the
work, and every thing is as neat and as
clean as a dairy should be. He has found
4 ready sale SO far for all that he has made
and will deliver to customers anywhere in
the Borough. We have used his butter
and can say that it is of excellent quality.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
LODGES AND SOCIETIES.

WoopsTowN LopGn, No. los, /. O. G. T.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner
building.
WooDsrowN LODGE, No. 13S +. x \. NJ
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Bortons
HALL
WooDBINE LODGE, No. 15s, l. O. O. F.
Meets in Turner's Building every Friday
evening.
Meets in Turner's Building every Monday
evening.
WooDsrowy GRANGE, No. s, 7. of IL
Meets every Wednesday evening in Turner
Building.
JoHN Il, FOSTER posT, No. 81, G.. a. r..
Meets on the first and third Thursday in the
month in Kiey's Building.
HARMONY CoUScIL, No. ~, O. L. A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening i'll Riley
Building.
WYcKoFF Cot NcIL, No. -, JG. o. U. A. NJ
Meets every Wednesday evening in RileN's
building.
WOMAN g CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Meets every Thursday afternoon ut 20 Al
their room over the meat market. President
Mrs. Anna +. Sender; corresponding Seefe
tary, Mrs H. \. Cawlcy.
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The ''Y's" held their regu lar monthly
social in their room last Monday night
The W. G. T. L. Of Elmer is TO occupy
a room in q new building that is now be-
ing erected in that town, which viii be
used as a public reading room.
4 meeting Of the Gloucester County
Temperance Alliance will be held at
Woodbury. this month.
The election at Pemberton, in Burling-
ton county, resulted in victory for the
''no license" party by 2S majority.
The young ladies at Roadstown Cum
berlana county, are prosecuting temper
ance movement among the young men and
several conversions are already reported.
1t is probable that y. w. G. r. [. will
soon be organized there.
A second meeting will be held at Reform
Hall, Salem, next Monday night, for the
purpose of organizing Juvenile Temper
ance Society mentioned last week. Many
have exp essed themselves favorable to
such an organization, which will have for
its object the inculcation of temperance
principles and the advantages of military
drill, while beneficial feature Is also be
ing considered.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

\ little observation of the curb lines and
sidewalks of our Borough, will convince
anybody that the work OF grading the
streets has not been commenced 4 dav toe
soon. On the older streets there is hardly
a curb-line that is in line with any other
Every man building or setting a curb, APP
pears to have followed the promptings Of
his own imagination, and done what seem
cd right in his own eyes, displaying in
many eases lamentable Want of eye as
applied TO the striking of a straight line.
We noticed some time ago, on one of the
new streets, where adjoining owners had
set their curbs at about The same time and
one of them had set his fully six inches
further ont to the street than the other It
will probably take years to get any thing
like uniform grade or drainage system for
the town, and it IS pity that the work
was not done long ago.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
rhe Deadly Kcrosene.

~ lad employed in Coleman's grocery
store in South Woodstown, one evening
last week essayed to kindle a fire with the
aid of kerosene in the store stove. lie sue
ceeded beyond his most sanguiue expecta-
tions. A sufficient quantity of kindling
was placed in the stove and literally satu-
rated with oil and the boy touched match
to the lot and stepped back to watch the
result. At least he would have stepped
back if lie had had time, but the climax
was too sudden for him. The stove door
was burst open by a sheet OF flame that ex-
tended halfway across the store, and caught
the lad in its warm embrace before he could
make his escape, severely burning him,
and leaving him with vastly better idea
of the explosive and combustibie force of
kerosene oll than he possessed before the
little episode which we have here narrated.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

Builder Joseph G. Stretch has contract
cd TO build six new houses this season.
benjamin Abbott, the ice cream manu-
facturer, is papering and otherwise i'm
proving his restaurant adjoining the Mon
IToR Office.
r. Blael.wood Crispin living on the
Salem road, is to have his house remodeled
the work to be done by contractor Joseph
G. Stretch.
l. O. Acton, Esq, Of Salem, Civil En-
gineer, was in Woodstown on Tuesday,
establishing grade for Dickinson street
and Grant avenue.
Isaac 3. Coles has built an addition to
the house recently purchased by him Of
Joshua c. Grice, on Mil street, making it
twice its former size and converting it into
comfortable and convenient double
dwelling.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

Mrs. Ann Yanmeter expects to start next
Wednesday tor a visit to the West
Charles II. Richman, Of our Borough,
starts to-day for a visit TO relatives in New
York and Brooklyn.
Dir. and Mrs. D. W. c. White were sum
moned to Cape May county on Wednesday
to attend the funeral Of Mr.. Whites Sis
fer.
We met on Market street, Philadelphia,
on Monday our former townsman VIM. A.
Cobb, formerly clerk in our post Office, but
now in the notion house of Searle, Aanne-
man 81 Co. VIII looks as though city life
agreed with him.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

Orr sanctum was invaded last Saturday
by our baker, F. G. Mount, but his mission
was one Of peace and not of war. 1t was
to bring us q bountiful sample of ice cream
Of his own make, as a foretaste of what he
expected to do in that line when be gets
started in his new store on Main street, in
Turner's building. 1t tasted like lis pies
with which he has favored us in times past
very moresh-and ifhe keeps the quail
ity up to the standard Of that which lie
brought to the MONITOR Office, its dollars to
doughnuts that he will sell all he can
make.
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sent For His Clothes.

One Of the prisoners who escaped from
the alleged lookup Sunday morning. left
behind bundle Of clothing that he had
purchased at one of the Woodstown stores
the evening previous. On Monday he had
the cheek to send messenger to Officer
Coles for the garments. The messenger
was instructed to inform his principal that
application for the articles must be made
by himself, in his own proper person-'.not
necessarily for publication, but as guar
antee Of good faith. 1t is needless TO
state that he has not yet put in lis ap-
pearanee.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
The Band Of Hope.

Don't let anything interfere with yourat-
tending the Band of Hope Entertainment
tonight at the Opera House. We are safe
in saying that it will be, all things consid-
cred, one of the finest displays OF home
talent ever witnessed in Woodstown. The
little ones are working hard and deserve
the encouragement Of your presence to say
nothing of those who are giving of their
time and effort to train the children in the
ways OF virtue and temperance. Give them
q rousing house which they SO we'll de-
serve, and help replenish their treasury,
that their good york may be helped along
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
Delaware River Railroad.

The annual meeting Of this corporation
was held at Paal's hotel, Woodbury. on
Tuesday. The report showed an increase
in all business Of the road. The receipts
from passenger traffic were s22, GGt.53,
freight a14,744.SS, express $1.0S9,27 mail
route 1896, miscellaneous sources $50
making the total receipts footup $40, 212.,
IS. The operating expenses for the year
ammounted to $33, 2S2, This shows an in
crease in the earnings over the previous
year Of $3.50. The following were elect
ed President-Wm. S. Conner; Secretary
DR.. Saml t. Miller; Treasnrer-Wm. S.
Conner. Directors-Nm. S. Conner, Sam
Hopkins, Alexander Justice, Henry A.
Dupont, VIM. DUPONT, Eugene DUPONT,
c. l. Dupont.
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our Letter Bos .
temperance In salem

MR. EDTToR:-I thought You might
like to hear from Salem and vicinity con-
corning what is going on there, and as
am often there / thought / would let you
know my observations. I do not see many
standing around the hotels; in fact, they
look deserted. As people come into town
they 90 to the stores and other business
places and transact their business and go
home. As to seeing drunken men, you
scarcely see one on the street No matter
what may he said TO the contrary. King
Alcohoi's forces have been scattered by
the loss of license to sell by the drink
True, there may be some underhanded sell
ing in the cellars and dark corners under
false names yet this has been done so
secretly that it does not amount to much,
FOR fear of detection, as there is vigilance
committee on law and order who are not
known to the public, but they have been
authorized to employ counsel and detec-
tiyes and push the enforcement of the Law
on law breakers to the fall extent il they
can be found. Now they are trying to
sell Illegally, but it is dangerous way to
make money, as legal snasion means more
TO this class of men than any moral sua
sion. think the people of Salem-I mean
the majority to try ''no license in
earnest FLsINBoRo.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

FRIENDs--Seryices on First and Fifth days at
1890 a. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month Sunday
school meets at 800 O'Clock every Sunday
morning.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL Il. II. Duren.
Services at 1000 a. NJ. and $50 p II. Prayef
meeting Wednesday at7.30 p. NJ.
Sunday School ut 2.0OP ~, superintendent,
George w Boone.
BAPTIsr-Rev. w. l.. Cornwall.
Services at 100 y. NJ. and 80 7. NJ. Prayer
meeting Thursday at 1.30 7. NJ.
sunday School at 200 p. RI, Joseph Broadway,
superintendent
PResBYTERIAS--Rev. Il. T. johnson.
Services at 1000 \. NJ. and 100 +. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7.30 p. NJ.
sunday school ut ll.i5 A. NJ, j. Il. Jaquette,
superintendent.
GATHoLiC--ReY. Father Tracey.
beginning sunday, January 9th. services nj
II O'Clock, A, NJ, and every other sunday at .
O'Clock, \. N.
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Barum's big show will be in salem to-
morrow, giving an afternoon and evening
performance. The railroad company Will
sell tickets for the round trip, between
Salem and w oodstown, intending a coupon
admitting to the show. for ninety-five
cents. y special train will leave Salem
for Swedesboro and intermediate points
at II 80 F. NJ
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
Entertainment. at snarptOwn.

The pupils of the Sharptown public
school, under the care Of Miss Mary A.
Tyler, will give an entertainment on Fri
day evening Of next week in the knights
of Pythias Hall at that place, the proceeds
to be applied to the purchase Of au organ
for the use Of the school. The programme
will be made up OF recitations, dialogues,
tableaux and music. A pleasant and novel
feature will be the japanese Fan Drill,
something very fine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06
Ymportantto 0.,d Fel.ows.

A case has just been decided at Mount
Holly, involving the right of a lodge to at
any time stop payment Of benefits to mem
bers for reasons deemed good and sufficient
to the lodge.
The case III question has been ON the
Supreme Court calendar for several terms.
The plaintiff is George W. Shinn. of Penn
berton. and the defendant Pemberton
Lodge, I. o. @. F. The plaintiff sued to
recover benefits for forty-fve weeks, be-
ginning March 6, 1886. and ending Febru-
airy ., 1887. lie joined the order ten years
ago. since which time he claims to have
paid his dues regularly, which fact remains
undsputed. lie was first taken sick while
at Trenton in 1888, and was under the doe
tors hands for some time. Upon returning
to Pemberton he reported himself to the
lodge disabled. and for while was regG-
larly in receipt of sick benefits. In July,
1884, the lodge decided not to pay Mr..
Shinn any more benefits, notwithstanding
the fact thai the latter produced certificates
from DR.. J. l.. Rodine, of Trenton, and DR..
Goodell of Burlington county, setting forth
the nature Of his illness and the fact thathe
was unable to perform any manual labor.
Upon his making formal demand upon
the lodge for the benefits acerr ing he was
referred to the Solicitor ofthe lodge, Joseph
II. Gaskill. Suit was then commenced.
At the trial q number OF witnesses were
produced to show that the plaintiff was in
good standing in the lodge, and was by his
physical disabilities prevented from follow
ing his calling. Counsel for the defense
moved to non-suit on the ground that the
plaintiffhad not shown that he had exhaust
ed all known plans for redress before re-
sorting to the law, that it was his duty after
failing to secure settlement with the sub
ordinate lodge to appeal to the Grand
Lodge, which had full power to settle all
such differences within itself.
Refusing the mot ion Judge Parker said
he thought it desirable to have the decision
of the Supreme Court on the question, and
would therefore instruct the jury to find for
the plaintiff in the full amount claimed, and
the case could then be taken up by the de-
Tense on appeal. This was done.
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Alligator Show.

\ section of Geological Garden was
brought to the very doors of our citizens
last Saturday by the advent in our midst
of three specimens of Florida alligators,
brought here for exhibition by parties from
Salem. We ventured into the poultry shop
of Wilbert ltichman, on East avenue,
where the ''varmnts' we:e on exhibition.
1t cost us nothing TO get in as there was
no one on guard at the door, but there
was a man inside and while he said moth
ing about it, we deemed it the better part
ofprudence to conciliate him with the ten
der OF the admission fee of ten cents before
we left But the show was worth it, although
truth compels us to state that the gators
were not as lively specimens as we had
hoped to see. One of them was about
twelve feet in length--at least the adyer-
tisement said so--and we make it a point
never to doubt the allegations of an adyel-
tisement if it concerns an alligator. 1t is
so much safer to take it for granted than
it is to investigate the truth of the state
ment for yourself. The other specimens
of the saurian tribe were respectively as
big as hunk of cheese and as long as a
piece of string. and they were quite thrown
in the shade by his ''nibs, the big fellow,
who lay stretched along the floor as if he
would not have had ambition enough to get
up and git if the house was afire. But
from the truthful circular above referred
to we learned that he had ambition
enough when fully aroused. In fact the
beast is credited with a most unsavory
record, and if half he is charged with is
true, he ought to have been hung long ago.
Among other things it is alleged that he
Oh one occasion ate little negro boy,
whose name is given with great particu-
larity, for which we feel grateful, as we
might otherwise have doubted the story.
As it is, the little colorcd boy has great
advantage over many in more pretentious
walks of life, in that he has living monu-
ment which is in itself tombstone and
an inscription-an Egyptian hierogly-
phic, as it were--telling at glance the
whole sad story of his taking off. But
this is enough about the alligator at this
time. Suffice it to say that the show was
fairly successful.
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Chfcker. up,ieyes Ahrnnn.

Last Saturday morning Henry A. Rich
man, near Richmantown, discovered that
an attempt had been made to invade his
hen-roost the night before. A couple Of
boards torn off showed where the thieves
had sought to gain an entrance to the featl-
cred booty, but had been frightened of,
probably by Mr.. Bichman himself return
ing home late the evening before when the
thieves were most likely at work.
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1icd.

WILLIAMSON Deeriield, April astia, I'll
bert l.. Williams, aged II years.
HAltilIEY.-Aprii p, at Swetlesboro Bridget,
wife OF Barney Hanghey, aged 81 ears.
SMITII--.Af East IIaddam, Conn. April aad
JerIniah smith, formerly of W oodstown, aged
Is yeaIa
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-06

Office hours, 600 A. NJ. 10 S.00p. NJ.
Onice hours for money order business, 7.00
A. NJ. to 100 p. NJ
MATLs-Close 1T 6.i5 and 500 \. NJ, 1898 and
Abr. NJ. Arrive at $50 a. NJ, 500 and 200 p. NJ.
SALEM MAILs-Close mt 9.l9 4. N. and 40 p. II.
Arrive Mt 1858 and 4:l5 y. NJ.
sHARPTowN MArts-Close at $50 a. NJ. Arrive
at 100 a. N.
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sEeIp Your Brother.


EDITOR or TIE AioNfToR.-While lis
tening to Rev. w f. Cornwall last SIM
day week at the Baptist church, was
made to think of two very important Incl
dents that have passed into history by these
words uttered by Mr.. Cornwall in his ser
mon on ''Who is nay neighber? -
''IIow sad it is, said the preacher,
when disappointments come upon us.
How sad it is when Affections are laid up
on us, to have no one to administer words
of comfort and cheer. How sad it is to be
without friends when life seems to be a
failure, and the world gives TO you scorn-
full eountenance in the time of need and
distress. The history Of the world can fur
nish very many eases of men that might
have been saved who were morally ruined
because there was none to step forward
and offer word of cheer"
| thought of how John 3. Cough. who,
after he was forsaken and given up as for
ever lost in the whirlpool of intemperance,
having no hope even in himself of ever re.
turning to sober and respectable way of
living, was made to hope again; and that
hope gave birth to courage, courage begat
strength. and by hard fighting and Divine
assistance, one of the greatest apostles of
| temperance that the world ever listened to
resulted from friendly grasp OF the hand
and word of good cheer from a kind.
loving hearted mana true friend and
neighbour good Samaritan.
In 1870 Captain Sturdivant while visit
ing the Portland Jail noticed in one Of the
cells a young man who looked very much
discouraged. He pitied him. He put his
hand through the iron bars and taking
one of the prisoners hands, held on to it,
Il Jka
Christian. You have had hard time
know all about it, The prisoner was
persuaded. He was converted inside the
jail walls and til 1t convert to the Christian
religion and yet living temperance reformer
was Francis Murphy.
| often think that we are not as kind
hearted and friendly to our neighbors in
distress as we should be and under this
connection I cast ont thought that may
fall somewhere to grow and bring forth
fruit in dine season. i. Il.
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1irsctorn.
WEST JERSEY RAILROA

Trains going north.-G.5i and SIS a. n, 1913
and 4.23 p. NJ. sundays, 7.i2 A. H., and LIS =. NJ.
Trains going south.--9.29 A. NJ. al, 40 and
650P. NJ. sundays, 9.lS A. NJ. and g. Or. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia.--Sl0A a. NJ, $50, 80
ana $50 p. NJ. sundays, 500 a. NJ. ana $40 p. NJ.